Shippers and recievers attitudes

sjearnhardt3 · #1 (**permalink**) 02-20-2009, 03:40 AM

Why is it that these people have such bad attitudes? I tried making light coversation with one while waiting to get loaded and he just turned around like I wasn't even there. I know he heard me because he was looking right at me. Is it because they're jealous that we get to leave the hell hole they work in and they dont? If I had a job that made me that miserable I would find another job. I had a guy tell me the other day at Arlington Steel in Sawyer,Mi. to pull into bay 1 so I did. When I got in I saw that the bay had 4 unloading bays in it. I went and asked him if he wanted me to pull all the way down and he copped an attitude and said "NO,stop inside the door"! Like I'm supposed to read his mind. I took my sweet time untarping and taking chains off. He put a ladder at the end of my truck which I thought was for my safety,silly me.

After he got his paperwork off the coil he took the ladder,leaving me to climb off my trailer,which was no big deal,I do it all the time. When I got done he told me to pull on down to the 3rd crane. That SOB was to damn lazy to walk down there and get his paperwork.
There are some nice ones out there but very few. Does everyone have this problem or is it just me? I'm pretty easy to get along with just dont treat me like dirt.

kiwiray · #2 (**permalink**) 02-20-2009, 04:36 AM

Welcome to the truckers world cobber, they are not all like that, but there are a few, the last one I had to deal with I told him after I was unloaded & papers signed, that he did an excellent job of being an arrogant barsted, I then asked him if he was born like that, or had he been practicing for years to become such a peice of shyte, I then told him that I hope he has a shyty day.....................

pro1driver · #3 (**permalink**) 02-20-2009, 07:43 AM

nope, it was JUST YOU, because EVERYONE at the loading docks are super people....!!!

believe that, and i got prime land for sale on Staten Island....with ocean views......!!

get used to it.

best bet here.....??

always be WELL GROOMED, and smell good when you enter any loading dock.

be professional by just saying something like, "hi, i'm from (company name here) i have this for you, or i'm here to pick-up".......(whatever), then just say, "tell me where you'd like me to be for you to work on the load"......then quiet up.........stand aside....and quiet up.........

really, YES many are sick of thier jobs, and with the job market being what it is these days, they CANNOT find another job, thier bosses know this and probably bust thier chops on a daily basis, knowing that if they quit, they can find at least 1,000 people ready/willing, and able to do thier jobs.....

you've already been trucking now these past months, so you're getting the idea now..........

1-800-big truck · #4 (**permalink**) 02-20-2009, 11:44 AM

Yeh , there are some jirks at recieveing/shipping, but there are a lot of good ones also. I don't know what it is but I find that hauling steel is the worst, most are (not all) are arrogate , slow and seem lazy then all of a sudden you go to a place and they can't do enough to accomadate you ,some even help roll up your tarps. I haven't pulled much steel the last 8 months and that suits me just fine.

HeadRush · #5 (**permalink**) 02-20-2009, 12:36 PM

For the few months that I drove, the worst people were at my own terminal. It turned out that a couple of them just didn't know me and treated me like it was some kind of initiation. However, there was one woman there that just tried to rain on everyone's parade. Rumor had it that she use to work on the docks, but her attitude was so horrible that they locked her in an empty trailer and had it pulled out into the yard. It took 3 hrs. of her banging for someone to notice. No one got fired, because no one saw a thing. You'd think that she would've learned her lesson by that, but nope. I would get under her skin when she was at the dispatch window by whistling and being overly polite.

I had to remind myself that I only had to deal with these ignorant people for a few minutes at a time. Don't waste time by wondering why they act they way they do, it'll just frustrate you more. The best way to get back at them is to let them know their attitude has not ruined yours. A friend of mine use to always hit them with Jesus loves you, and then smile.

sjearnhardt3 · #6 (**permalink**) 02-20-2009, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by kiwiray

Welcome to the truckers world cobber, they are not all like that, but there are a few, the last one I had to deal with I told him after I was unloaded & papers signed, that he did an excellent job of being an arrogant barsted, I then asked him if he was born like that, or had he been practicing for years to become such a peice of shyte, I then told him that I hope he has a shyty day.....................

Thats what I would like to do but then I would be the one out of a job. I've come to expect now so it doesn't bother me as much anymore. Most of the places I go to are somewhere I've never been before. It just kills me how they can be an a**hole to me and the next guy comes up,who is there everyday and they're laughing and joking with him. Oh well,life goes on.